The varsity girls basketball team took their lumps from Oakland Activities Association teams this week. It began with a 42-9 loss at Farmington Harrison. Head Coach Al Poynter said the team got off to a slow start and then had a poor offensive second half. ‘Harrison came out with great energy and made us pay […]
Oxford Community Schools (OCS) can add three more Chinese middle and high schools to its family tree. During OCS Superintendent Dr. William Skilling visit to China from Dec. 8-20, he signed three additional sister school agreements with Xiamen Jimei Middle School, Number One Middle School of Quanzthou and Number One High School of Zhangzhou. ‘I […]
The varsity boys basketball team split their first two Oakland Activities Association blue division games this week against Birmingham Groves and Bloomfield Hills Lasher. A strong second half against Groves on Friday, Jan. 7 propelled Oxford to it’s first ever OAA blue division win. They outscored Groves 29-17 in the second half to cruise to […]
The varsity hockey team stepped out of Oakland Activities Association play and traveled to northern Michigan for two games against quality opponents in Gaylord and Mt. Pleasant. Oxford lost 4-2 to Gaylord on Jan. 7. Tim Perks gave Oxford the 1-0 lead when he scored shorthanded while Gaylord was on the power play. Gaylord responded […]
Late game heroics in the baker portion propelled the varsity bowling squads to 26-4 victories over Troy Athens Jan. 4. The victory was the first-ever Oakland Activities Association win for the boys. Open frames in three of the first five frames in game one almost doomed them, but they roared back in the final five […]
You couldn’t tell the varsity girls basketball team hadn’t played a game in three weeks. It certainly was not evident in the Wildcats first game of the new year against Oak Park on Thursday, Jan. 6 as they defeated the Knights 41-25. The Wildcats jumped out to an 11-3 lead midway through the first quarter […]
The boys varsity swim team split another Oakland Activities Association dual meet on Thursday, Jan. 6 against Troy Athens High School and Bloomfield Hills Andover High School. In the midst of a 92-91 victory over Athens and a 113-70 loss to Andover, the Wildcats set eight school records, something that swim coach Jackie Rank was […]
A rare feat of dominance was accomplished by the Oxford varsity wrestling team in their match against Troy Athens on Wednesday, Jan. 5. In a preformance comparable to the perfect game in baseball, the Wildcats achieved a perfect wrestling score of 84, pinning every member of the Athens squad that stepped onto the mat. ‘It’s […]
The varsity cheerleaders got off to a strong start in 2011 with top three finishes in the first two events of the year. Oxford was able to pull off a second place finish in their first ever Oakland Activities Association competition on Monday, Jan. 10, finishing with a three round score of 673.6982. North Farmington […]
Oxford wrestlers survived a couple of grueling matches to sweep the annual Oxford Invite on Wednesday, Dec. 29. After breezing through their first three matches against Livonia Franklin (49-18), the Holly B team (69-12) and Durand (60-18), the Wildcats had to hold on to beat Lake Fenton 32-31 and come from behind to beat Hudson […]